Women in the U.K. are four times less likely than men to be among the top 1% of earners in financial and professional services, according to analysis by the London School of Economics. And despite decades of efforts to narrow the gender gap in pay and career progression, it’s gotten slightly bigger since before the pandemic.

"Our latest data have revealed that the gender pay gap in the United States widened in March 2024, reaching its highest level since coming out of the pandemic," said James Neave, head of data science for the job search engine Adzuna. The disparity is especially prevalent in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.